Learn why yelling at your dog doesn't work and discover gentle training methods that build trust and reduce stress.

Dogs can reliably smell when people experience acute stress. They do this by detecting subtle chemical changes in human sweat ...

Dear Cathy, Five months ago we adopted a two-year-old year rescue that looks to be a German Pinscher and Dachshund mix. The ...

What helps reactive dogs overcome fear and anxiety when traditional obedience training falls short? According to a ...

The holidays can stress us − and our dogs − out. Large numbers of new people coming into the home and descending on piles of food and Christmas decorations easily trigger anxious dogs − and worst-case ...

Kim Brophey, author of Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog’s Behavior, is an applied behavioral ethologist. She specializes in working with dogs who have behavior problems ...

When a dog starts tearing up the yard, it is easy to treat it like a landscaping issue. In reality, digging is usually a ...

We explain what it means when your dog tucks their tail between their legs and how you should use other body language to ...

Picture this: You come home from work, eager for a quiet and relaxing evening, but as you open the door, you find an unimaginable amount of pillow fluff coating the living room, as if the biggest snow ...

Anyone with a dog has likely gotten mad at them at some point. Maybe they chewed your favorite shoe or broke something expensive. In the heat of the moment, it's easy to let anger consume you or to ...